Michael J. Green is the CEO of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a distinguished scholar at the Asia Pacific Institute in Tokyo, and a former senior National Security Council official on Asia policy during the George W. Bush administration.
This photo illustration shows extra editions of Japanese newspapers reporting the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election in Tokyo on November 9, 2016.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe congratulated Trump on November 9 on his election as US president and vowed that the countries will maintain their close relationship. / AFP / TORU YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) after a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama pays a state visit to China after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 28: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as he speaks to veterans at Drake University on January 28, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump held his alternative event to benefit veterans after withdrawing from the televised Fox News/Google GOP debate which airs at the same time. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L), US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (3rd L) reviews an honour guard at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tokyo on April 6, 2014. The US plans to send two more missile defence warships to Japan to counter the threat posed by North Korea's "provocative" actions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said on April 6. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEX WONG (Photo credit should read ALEX WONG/AFP/Getty Images)
<> on January 7, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea announced on January 6, 2015 it had successfully carried out its first underground test of a hydrogen bomb.
